Europe and the US are economically dependent on China now – and ‘change through trade’ is no longer on the cards

[Subscription required] The least the U.S. can do is offer air support, intel and ensure proper logistics and maintenance contracting.

The current Chinese Co-Prosperity Sphere is as dangerous—but also as vulnerable—as its failed Japanese predecessor.

There is clearly no political appetite in Washington for costly foreign initiatives, especially not in the Middle East. Yet there are important steps it can take to move Lebanon toward stability without outsized costs.